TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peter Smagorinsky
AU  - Joseph Tobin
AU  - Kyunghwa Lee
PY  - 2019
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1548-7210
SN  - 9781433163616
TI  - Dismantling the Disabling Environments of Education
T2  - Creating New Cultures and Contexts for Accommodating Difference
DO  - 10.3726/b14873
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1110765
N2  - Dismantling the Disabling Environments of Education: Creating New Cultures and Contexts for Accommodating Difference challenges assumptions that view people of difference to be "abnormal," that isolate attention to their difference solely in the individual, that treat areas of difference as matters of deficiency, and that separate youth of difference from the mainstream and treat them as pathologized. As outsiders to mainstream special education, the authors of this collection take a more social and cultural perspective that views the surrounding social environment as at least as problematic as any point of difference in any individual. Most of the scholars contributing to this volume work with preservice and inservice teachers and grapple with issues of curriculum and pedagogy. One of the primary audiences we hope to reach with this book is our colleagues and practitioners who have not made special education or disability studies the focus of their careers, but who, like we, are determined to engage with the full range of people who attend schools. Dismantling the Disabling Environments of Education: Creating New Cultures and Contexts for Accommodating Difference can be a valuable text for undergraduate and graduate courses in teacher education, as it addresses key issues of inclusion, diversity, equity, and differentiated approaches to educating the full range of students.
LA  - English
ER  -